STANTON, ANSARI, GRIJALVA INTRODUCE BILL TO REDIRECT ICE FUNDING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REQUIRE SALE OF DETENTION WAREHOUSES

Washington, July 17 -- Congressman Greg Stanton issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) introduced the Fund Schools, Not ICE Act. The legislation would redirect billions of dollars in funding passed as part of Republicans' second reconciliation bill for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Title I schools, and require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to sell 11 recently purchased warehouse detention facilities. Title I, Part A is the nation's largest federal K-12 education program, supporting schools serving low-income students. Nearly 20 percent of public school funding in Arizona comes from the federal gove...